Tiger Disco fire: French, British named as probable victims

PHUKET: Patong Police Superintendent Jirapat Phochanaphan this afternoon confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that police were now investigating at least three more missing persons now suspected of being...

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Typhoon Kai-Tak claims 27 lives as floods hit north Vietnam

At least 27 people have been killed during a typhoon which swept across northern provinces of Vietnam over the weekend, officials have said. The storm, which made landfall late Friday, brought strong...

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Eleven killed in Mexico bus accident

DURANGO: Eleven people were killed and 23 others injured Friday when a bus headed to the Pacific resort town of Mazatlan fell into a mountain ravine, local officials said. The bus "was carrying...

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Police probe disco fire in Phuket after they failed to identify bodies including a possible Thai ladyboy

POLICE are still searching for clues after a fire in a Thai nightclub killed four people, and have ruled out claims an electrical transformer explosion during a storm was to blame. Authorities are...

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Sudan plane crash kills all 32 on board

32 people including at least one Sudanese minister were killed when a plane taking them to an Islamic festival crashed in the south of the country. The plane went down into mountains around Talodi,...

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